Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2542
Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Law; authorize municipalities to establish leisure and recreation districts under.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF A MUNICIPALITY TO ESTABLISH LEISURE AND RECREATION DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND DESIGNATE THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OR AREAS TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN SUCH A DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOUNDARIES OF A LEISURE AND RECREATION DISTRICT MAY EXTEND FROM WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY INTO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MUNICIPALITY IS LOCATED IF THE COUNTY CONSENTS TO THE EXTENSION AND HAS VOTED IN FAVOR OF COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRY LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT HOLDERS OF CERTAIN PERMITS ISSUED UNDER THE LOCAL OPTION ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW MAY SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR WINE TO A PATRON OF THE PERMIT HOLDER IN THE MANNER AUTHORIZED IN THE PERMIT AND THAT THE PATRON MAY REMOVE AN OPEN CONTAINER OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OR WINE FROM THE LICENSED PREMISES AND MAY POSSESS AND CONSUME THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OR WINE OUTSIDE OF THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE LICENSED PREMISES IS LOCATED WITHIN A LEISURE AND RECREATION DISTRICT CREATED UNDER THIS ACT AND THE PATRON REMAINS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LEISURE AND RECREATION DISTRICT WHILE IN POSSESSION OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OR WINE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
FinanceFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.